Archive Monthly Archives: July 2013
Columnist Expresses Gratitude For #1 Recognition
The process began with a request to my office in early July while I was on vacation to supply a “head shot” to Main Line Today magazine. It resulted in several phone calls back to the office. Since no one knew where I kept a standard photograph and the image in our website at www.collitonlaw.com […]
Continue readingA Medicaid Planning Strategy Disallowed
Since the federal government dramatically changed the rules for Medicaid eligibility for nursing home residents with the passage of the Deficit Reduction Act effective February, 2006, families have been struggling to understand what is permitted and what is not. This does not just apply to those who want to get ahead of the system but […]
Continue readingMandela Condition Raises End of Life Questions
When Nelson Mandela, human rights activist and former president of South Africa, entered the hospital about six weeks ago, his condition raised questions both in South Africa and around the world regarding end of life care. He does not now have a living will or health care surrogate appointed and there has been a great […]
Continue readingEmployer Insurance Mandate Delayed – Is Individual To Follow?
This kind of event does not happen often. In fact, in the past 16 years’ writing my column, it has never happened before that reliable sources contradicted each other. In this case, multiple sources reported as of last week that the employer mandate under ACA (Obamacare) to require employers to offer health insurance coverage to […]
Continue readingWhat Same Sex Marriage Means for Pennsylvania Now
By now most of us who have followed the news know that the U.S. Supreme Court in two recent cases changed the trajectory of same sex marriage, finding in one, United States v. Windsor, that the Defense of Marriage Act, otherwise known as DOMA, is unconstitutional and in the other, Hollingsworth v. Perry, that appeal […]
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